[Welland Tribune March 10, 1947]
Funeral services for Ethel May Dilamarter, wife of Horace Dilamarter of 121 Margery road,whose death occurred yesterday at the Welland County General hospital in her 67th year, will be will be held on Friday March 21,at 2.30 pm from the H.L. Cudney Funeral Chapel at 241 West Main street to Fonthill cemetery. Rev. C.E. Randall psstor of the Church of God, Fonthill and Rev. D.B. Gerhart of Grimsby will conduct the services..
Born in Beverley near Dundas , Ont.Mrs Dilamarter came to Welland 25 years ago.She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Surviving besides he husband are two sons Raymond of Welland and Lloyd of St. Catharines, one daughter Mrs Edna Clint of Niagara Falls NY., three brothers Russ and Arthur Tunis of Chicago and Harry Tunis of Welland and two sisters Mrs Ernest Griffiths of Toronto Mrs Wm. Kellog of Huston Texas.
[Welland Tribune March 20, 1947]
Fonthill March 20-the funeral service for the late Mrs Grace Rowe was held on Tuesday afternoon from her residence and was attended by relatives and a large number of friends.
Rev. W.J. Wismer, pastor of the Fonthill Baptist church, officiated at the home and brought a comforting message to the bereaved family. Arthur Dilts at the piano, provided the music
The many beautiful flowers showed the affection and esteem of a large circle of friends.
Interment took place in the Fonthill cemetery with Rev G. Simmons assisting with the burial service.
The bearers were Ernest Kinsman, E,M, Pitkin, J.C. Emmett, J.B. McClellan, D. Kinsman and Wm. Pitkin.
[Welland Tribune March 7, 1947]
At Niagara Falls General Hospital on Thursday, March 5, 1947 Sylvia Phillips beloved sister of Mrs Cecil Barrow of Port Colborne, in her 25th year. Funeral on Saturday March 8th from the Dell & Merton funeral Home, 50 Clarence st, Port Colborne to St Teresa’s church where mass will be sung at 9a.m.. Interment at St Joseph’s cemetery.
[Welland –Port Colborne Evening Tribune, 24 March 1947]
A report on immigration by Sir Charles Tupper, one of the Fathers of Confederation, was amongst items printed in an edition of the Welland Telegraph, of March 14, 1889, found by Jess Barnhart, Humberstone, in the bottom of an old chest owned by his father, the late Ben Barnhart of Bertie township. The Dominion, said Sir Charles, was not a country for loafers and idlers.
Noted as one of the harbingers of spring was “a superabundance of soft, slimy, sticky liquid mud that sticketh closer than a mortgage.”
One advertisement announced a special meeting of the country council to consider erection of a jailer’s and turnkey’s residence.
A news item told of a Presbyterian congregational meeting to hear a report of a committee to devise ways and means for the erection of a new church. The report was read by the late T.D. Cowper, who was later to become Crown Attorney.
There were advertisements in those days for roadsters, but they didn’t refer to the horseless carriage.
An 1888 edition, reporting a Welland county council meeting showed cost of maintenance for inmates at the Home for the Aged to be $1.85 per week. The report also gave details of the construction of barns and buildings.
Cheese in those days was 12 ½ c a pound and there no shortages of sugar or lard. Merchants invited customers to buy “sugar by the barrel and lard by the tub.”
News was personal, as may be gathered from the following: “A case of domestic infidelity in a local family occasioned some exaggerated rumors this week, but as the parties are again caroled under one roof, vowing eternal constancy, there is no occasion for further gossip.”
[Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune, 19 March 1947]
Robert Beatty, 65, veteran, Ontario hotelman, who ran hotels at Welland, Fort Erie and other points during his long career, died suddenly there yesterday at his home 245 Phipps street. Mr. Beatty who operated the Dexter House in Welland for a number of years, came to Fort Erie thirty years ago, to purchase the Barnea House.
He had retired from active work about five years ago, due to his health. Death was due to heart failure. Mr. Beatty, native of Seaforth, Ont., was prominent in athletic activities, having been president of the Fort Erie Baseball Association on several occasions. He was an ardent fan known in many Niagara District centres, and took a very serious interest in the Niagara District Senior baseball league. His wife survives.
[Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune, 26 February 1947]
The funeral of the late George Wallace, who passed away on Saturday, February 22nd, in Welland County General hospital in his 62nd, was held on Tuesday afternoon from the H.L. Cudney funeral chapel, 241 West Main street to Woodlawn cemetery. Major and Mrs. Frank Tilley, commanders of the Welland Corps Salvation Army officiated both at at funeral chapel and the cemetery. The funeral was held under Canadian Legion auspices, and the casket was draped with the Union Jack. Legionnaires dropped red poppies on the casket. The pall bearer were Walter Lee, Ted Neal, George Hodgson, Robert Torence, Harry Anderson and Alex McCran.
[Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune, 26 February 1947]
Alfred A. Salter died suddenly at his home, 1 Cady street in his 88th year on Tuesday, February 25th. His wife predeceased him only a few weeks ago. Funeral services will be held on Friday, February 28 at 2 p.m. from the Sutherland-Thorpe funeral home, 152 Hellems avenue to Woodlawn cemetery, and Rev. A.H. Davis will; officiate. Deceased was an adherent of the Anglican church.
The late mr. Salter was born in England, and came to Canada 75 years ago. He engaged in farming all his life. He is survived by three sons-Ambrose, Welland; Wilfred, Woodstock; and Lambert, Welland. Also the following daughters, Mrs. Ethel Sams, Welland; Louise, Mrs. Roy Young, Woodstock; and Lena, Mrs. Richard Uren, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
[People’s Press, 3 October 1905]
A very pretty wedding was celebrated on Wednesday, Sept. 27th, 1905, at half after eight at Grace Episcopal church on Niagara street, Buffalo, when Miss Mary McCann was united in marriage to Mr. Milton Ellsworth Thompson, by Rev. Nathan Stanton. The ceremony was witnessed by fifty guests, among them being friends from New York, Toronto and Welland
The wedding march was rendered by Miss Semmer.
The bride wore white silk crepe de chene over taffeta and carried bride roses. Miss Alice McCann, sister of the bride, wore white point d’esprit over taffeta and carried pink roses. The bride was given away by her brother, Mr. Edward McCann, who was also best man. The ushers were Mr. Hugh McCann and Mr. Edward Walden.
The groom presented the bride with a handsome necklace set with amethysts and pearls, he also presented the bridesmaid with a necklace set with pearls, and rubies, and to the ushers and best man, scarf pins.
After the wedding supper was served at 19 Perkins Place.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have gone to Ithaca, New York and Boston and will be at home after Nov.1 at Ridgway, Pa.
1833-27 September 1905
[People’s Press, 3 October 1905]
Burr Plato, the venerable patriarch of the colored settlement in this city, died in a Buffalo hospital on Wednesday night, at the age of 72 years. He had been ill for some time of an incurable malady and his demise was not unexpected. Deceased was born in slavery in Virginia and ran away in the early fifties with four companions and travelled by the Underground Railroad to Canada. He was then about 22 years of age. Of the five he was the last survivor. Young Plato became a member of the colony of escaped colony at the then village of Drummondville and sought work as a farm hand in Stamford and Thorold townships. Older residents remember how he use to work in the fields all day and tend limekilns at night. By this means and constant saving he gathered enough money to enable him to attend classes in winter and he soon learned to read and write. He showed unusual mental power for a man of his origin and was known as a successful man in all business transactions. Hr bought horses and a carriage and for many years plied the calling of Hackman on the river bank, being seen often this summer at his old vocation. In the bad old days he was sometimes called “The only honest Hackman around Niagara Falls.” Fifteen years ago he was nominated and elected to the council of the village of Niagara Falls, now the south end of the city, and for several years he served as a district representative of the people. Since his death, the flag at the city__________of his civic service. In politics he was a stalwart Liberal. He was a member of the old colored Masonic lodge, Victoria No.2, which existed here until a few years ago under special dispensation from the grand lodge of England. He was an earnest Christian, a faithful attendant at church and a constant student aof the Scriptures and there are few men who can claim more real credit at the end of their life’s work than Burr Plato. Forty years ago he married Mary Berry, who, with three sons and four daughters survive him. The sons are Jerry, Henry and John, the four daughters, Hattie, Hannah, Cassie and Clara. Several members of the family are dead. The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon at half-past one o’clock from the family home on Stanley street to Drummond Hill cemetery.
[Welland Tribune, 21 July 1905]
St. Catharines, July18-A 15-year old boy, Stanley McNulty, son of John McNulty, owner of the Mansion House at Merritton , was drowned in lock 14, old canal, this afternoon about 4.30. The boy was in swimming in the lock and suddenly disappeared from sight. All efforts to find the body up to 7 this evening have been unavailing.
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